2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge I

The 2012 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge was held from 24 November to 2 December 2012 in Quilmes, Argentina. The tournament doubled as the qualifier to the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy to be held in India as the winner earned an automatic berth to compete.

2012 Men's Champions Challenge I

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
City	Quilmes
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Estadio Nacional de Hockey
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (3rd title)
Runner-up	South Korea
Third place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	128 (5.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jang Jong-Hyun (8 goals)
Best player	Lucas Vila
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This was the seventh edition of the competition initiated by the International Hockey Federation in 2001 to broaden hockey's competitive base globally and featured the 8 teams just behind the top six teams in the world.^[1][2]

Argentina won the tournament for the third time after defeating Korea 5–0 in the final, earning an automatic berth at the 2014 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy after their absence in the previous four editions.^[3][4]

Qualification

The following eight teams announced by the FIH competed in this tournament.^[5][6]

•  Argentina (Host nation)
•  South Korea (Eighth in 2011 Champions Trophy)
•  Ireland (Winners of 2011 Champions Challenge II)
•  South Africa (Third in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
•  Malaysia (Fifth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
•  Poland (Sixth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
•  Japan (Seventh in 2011 Champions Challenge I)
•  Canada (Eighth in 2011 Champions Challenge I)

Umpires

Below are the 10 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

• Geoff Conn
• Michael Eilmer
• Fernando Gómez
• Adam Kearns
• Satoshi Kondo
• Eduardo Lizana
• Javed Shaikh
• Aiden Shrives
• Gregory Uyttenhove
• You Suolong

Results

All times are Argentine Time (UTC−03:00)

First round

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	3	3	0	0	12	4	+8	9
Poland	3	1	1	1	8	11	−3	4
South Korea	3	1	0	2	8	9	–1	3
Canada	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

24 November 2012 10:00 South Korea  2 – 0  Canada Jang Jong-Hyun  31', 51' Report Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Fernando Gómez (ARG)

24 November 2012 12:30 Malaysia  4 – 0  Poland Razie  4', 63' Nabil  30'  42' Report Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

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25 November 2012 10:00 Canada  3 – 3  Poland Singh  30' Stewart  37' Ho-Garcia  54' Report Juszczak  3' Lewartowski  56', 59' Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) You Suolong (CHN)

25 November 2012 12:30 Malaysia  4 – 2  South Korea Razie  18' Tengku  30', 31' Chua  48' Report Jang Jong-Hyun  8', 61' Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

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27 November 2012 08:30 South Korea  4 – 5  Poland You Hyo-Sik  2' Jang Jong-Hyun  33', 63' Hyun Hye-Sung  64' Report Hutek  26'  40' Rachwalski  42' Juszczak  45' Górny  58' Umpires: Fernando Gómez (ARG) Javed Shaikh (IND)

27 November 2012 11:00 Canada  2 – 4  Malaysia Pereira  17' Guest  39' Report Razie  7' Tengku  11' Faizal  24' Fitri  56' Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Ayden Shrives (RSA)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	3	3	0	0	10	5	+5	9
Japan	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4
Ireland	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
South Africa	3	0	1	2	6	9	−2	1

24 November 2012 15:00 South Africa  4 – 4  Japan Glutz  22' Norris-Jones  32' Gonsalves  39' Malgraff  42' Report Tachibana  2', 51' Tsubouchi  47' Nagasawa  65' Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

24 November 2012 17:30 Argentina  4 – 3  Ireland Peillat  30', 41' L. Vila  34', 67' Report Jermyn  23' Cockram  27' Watt  70' Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Adam Kearns (AUS)

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25 November 2012 15:00 Ireland  0 – 3  Japan Report Tsubouchi  18' Ono  53' Kawauchi  64' Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Adam Kearns (AUS)

25 November 2012 17:30 South Africa  1 – 2  Argentina Guise-Brown  48' Report Peillat  10' Schickendantz  56' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

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27 November 2012 13:30 Ireland  3 – 1  South Africa McConnell  8' Jermyn  42' Harte  62' Report da Graca  13' Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

27 November 2012 16:00 Argentina  4 – 1  Japan Schickendantz  14' Peillat  32', 49' M. Vila  67' Report Nagasawa  38' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) You Suolong (CHN)

Second round

	Fifth place					Consolation semifinals					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
											Malaysia		4
											South Africa		1
						South Africa		1								Malaysia		3
						Japan		2								South Korea		6
											Japan		2
											South Korea		3
	Japan		4																		South Korea		0
	Canada		2																		Argentina		5
											Poland		0
											Ireland		4
	Seventh place					Poland		2								Ireland		1			Third place
						Canada		4								Argentina		2
	South Africa		4								Argentina		5								Malaysia		3
	Poland		2								Canada		1								Ireland (a.e.t.)		4

Quarterfinals

29 November 2012 08:30 Malaysia  4 – 1  South Africa Izwan  3' Faizal  38', 57' Tengku  56' Report Smith  63' Umpires: You Suolong (CHN) Fernando Gómez (ARG)

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29 November 2012 11:30 Japan  2 – 3  South Korea Ono  32' Kawakami  38' Report  23' Kang Moon-Kweon  50' You Hyo-Sik  53' Umpires: Eduardo Lizana (ESP) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

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29 November 2012 14:30 Poland  0 – 4  Ireland Report Watt  45' Harte  50', 54' O'Donoghue  63' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

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29 November 2012 17:30 Argentina  5 – 1  Canada L. Vila  2', 56' Callioni  10' Agulleiro  14' Schickendantz  31' Report Tupper  42' Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Satoshi Kondo (JPN)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Crossover

1 December 2012 08:30 South Africa  1 – 2  Japan Smith  2' Report Nagasawa  18' Tachibana  43' Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) You Suolong (CHN)

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1 December 2012 11:30 Poland  2 – 4  Canada Hulbój  10', 12' Report Singh  22' Guest  28' Tupper  58' Pereira  62' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Seventh and eighth place

2 December 2012 08:30 South Africa  4 – 2  Poland Norris-Jones  7' Guise-Brown  12' Drummond  14' Paton  65' Report Lewartowski  59' Krokosz  67' Umpires: Satoshi Kondo (JPN) Adam Kearns (AUS)

Fifth and sixth place

2 December 2012 11:00 Japan  4 – 2  Canada Fukushiro  3' Kawakami  15' Tsubouchi  39' Tachibana  41' Report Bissett  12' Pearson  50' Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Fernando Gómez (ARG)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

1 December 2012 14:00 Malaysia  3 – 6  South Korea Chua  48' Razie  52' Marham  65' Report Hyun Hye-sung  8', 27'  32' Lee Seung-il  33' Jang Jong-hyun  50', 60' Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

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1 December 2012 17:00 Ireland  1 – 2  Argentina Jermyn  66' Report Ibarra  38' Schickendantz  45' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Javed Shaikh (IND)

Third and fourth place

2 December 2012 14:00 Malaysia  3 – 4 (a.e.t.)  Ireland Ismail  18' Faizal  50' Nabil  66' Report McCabe  3' Harte  28', 68' Caruth  80' Umpires: Ayden Shrives (RSA) Javed Shaikh (IND)

Final

2 December 2012 17:00 South Korea  0 – 5  Argentina Report Mazzilli  1' Peillat  34' Ibarra  37' Schickendantz  52' Brunet  57' Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Awards

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play Trophy
Jang Jong-Hyun	Lucas Vila	David Harte	Japan

Statistics

Final ranking

1.  Argentina
2.  South Korea
3.  Ireland
4.  Malaysia
5.  Japan
6.  Canada
7.  South Africa
8.  Poland